One of the best parts about the State Fair, in my opinion, is all the crazy fair food! This year, they hosted their 2nd Annual Fair Food Contest, where 9 new foods competed to be the best. So, of course, I made it my goal to try all 9!

Trudy’s Dairy World had smoked bacon, maple drizzle, with walnut chunks all in homemade ice cream.





La Creperie featured a crepe filled with plump blueberries and mouthwatering strawberries smothered in a homemade sweet cream.




Taste of Mexico had pollo con arroz or grilled chicken on a bed of rice smothered in cheese dip.





Gillette Pizza had Buffalo Chicken Pizza. Starting with their homemade pizza dough, they top it with a mild buffalo wing sauce, chunks of tender breaded chicken, loads of fresh mozzarella and top with fresh blue cheese crumbles. Finished with a drizzle of additional wing sauce.





Apples & Cream stand had their famous fresh shrimp and yummy grits.





Gussie’s featured Mexican street corn – mess free and off the cob!





Miller concessions had a flaming hot corndog, dipped in Monterey jack cheese rolled in flaming hot Cheetos.





Harvell’s Chicken had mini chicken bites and bacon on a cajun waffle with sweet or hot maple syrup.





RingMaster gave a twist to familiar buffalo wings with cauliflower buffalo wings.





And, then I had two more that I added to my personal list: Josephine's Glazed Donuts





And Cinn-sational Cinnamon Rolls!

St. Marys has a restaurant that has been on my to-try list for a long time: The Boxcar.

This local establishment serves breakfast, lunch and dinner - so the menu changes up.

I was there for dinner so I had some hearty, tasty dishes to choose from.

The one that easily caught my eye was Lobster Ravioli - lobster tail in brown butter sauce, baby spinach and 5-cheese ravioli. It's just so rich and indulgent and comforting.

Have you ever been?

Bridge Mart is a market and deli shop on Bridge Road in Charleston.

They have your standard convenience store snacks like candy and chi[s.

Bu they also have Mediterranean items.

You can get these catered, or they have a cold case that has some pre-made.

In the cooler, there were a number of Mediterranean items like hummus, dolmades, etc.

But I went for a spinach and feta pies, which came in a pack of three.

And I also got a bowl of lobster bisque.

Have you been here?

The Dutch Pantry Family Restaurant is located in Williamstown.

Featuring Dutch dishes, this restaurant also is home to a gift shop area.


I was passing through the area and starving, so I popped in for breakfast.

The menu features staples like omelettes, platters, french toast and more.

I went with blueberry pancakes which come with a side of bacon, sausage, kielbasa or scrapple.

I have to say - this is the first time I've seen scrapple in West Virginia.


Scrapple is "scraps of pork or other meat stewed with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying, especially characteristic of eastern Pennsylvania."

So, of course I had to go with that.

First, sweet pancakes doused in syrup.

Then the salty scrapple to go with.

And some more shots of the shop that has a little bit of everything!

Have you been here before?

You can even get whole pies to take home.

I'm slowly making my way through all the offerings in the Charlotte airport.

Next up is PZA, which features pizza, meatballs and salads.

They have a number of pizzas you can get by the slice, or you can get a personal pizza, sub sandwiches or strombolis.

So I got one slice of "MUSHROOM" - Marinated mushrooms, spinach, garlic, mozzarella.

And, I got a stromboli - with mozzarella and spinach.

Have you been?